76 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U. .C.§661; Supp. II, § 661 et seq. Persons not in- cluded. Ante, p. 45. "Elected officials. " Basis of payment. 56 Stat. 1068. 5 U. S.C., Supp.II, 5S 29 note, 26a note. Limitation. Aggregate compen- sation. Compensatory time. Additional pay in lieu of ovrt illul [p>. )esignated elrpl,)y- ees. [57 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 93 -MAY 7, 1943 and to those employees of the District of Columbia municipal govern- ment who occupy positions subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, except that this Act shall not apply to (a) elected offi- cials; (b) judges; (c) heads of departments, independent establish- ments, and agencies: (d) officers and employees in the field service of the Post Office Department; (e) employees whose wages are fixed on a daily or hourly basis and adjusted from time to time in accord- ance with prevailing rates by wage boards or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose; (f) employees outside the conti- nental limits of the United States, including Alaska, who are paid in accordance with local prevailing native wage rates for the area in which employed; (g) officers and employees of the Inland Water- ways Corporation; and (h) individuals to whom the provisions of section 1 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to amend and clarify certain provisions of law relating to functions of the War Shipping Adminis- tration, and for other purposes", approved March 24, 1943 (Public Law Numbered 17, Seventy-eighth Congress), are applicable. As used in this section the term "elected officials" shall not include officers elected by the Senate or House of Representatives who are not members of either body. SEC. 2 . Officers and employees to whom this Act applies and who are not entitled to additional compensation under section 3 shall be paid overtime compensation computed on the same basis as the over- time compensation which was authorized to be paid under Public Law Numbered 821, Seventy-seventh Congress: Provided, That such overtime compensation shall be paid only on the portion of an offi- cer's or employee's basic rate of compensation not in excess of $2,900 per annum: Providedfurther, That such overtime compensation shall be paid on such portion of an officer's or employee's basic rate of com- pensation notwithstanding the fact that such payment will cause his aggregate compensation to exceed a rate of $5,000 per annum: And provided further, That in lieu of overtime compensation for work in excess of forty-eight hours in any administrative workweek, the heads of departmenllts, establishments, and agencies may in their discretion grant per annlu eml)loyees conlpensatory time off from duty. SE:C. 3 . (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), officers and employees to whom this Act applies and whose hours of duty are intermittent or irregular, officers and employees in or under the legis- lative and judicial branches (except those in the Library of Congress. or the Botanic Garden, and per annum employees in or under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol who are regularly required to work not less than forty-eight hours per week) to whom this Act applies, and, subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission, officers and employees whose hours of work are governed by those of private establishments which they serve and for whom on this account overtime work schedules are not feasible, shall be paid, in lieu of the overtime compensation authorized under section 2 of this Act, additional compensation at the rate of (1) $300 per annum if their earned basic compensation is at a rate of less than $2,000 per annum, or (2) 15 per centum of so much of their earned basic compensation as is not in excess of a rate of $2,900 per annum if their earned basic compensation is at a rate of $2,000 per annum or more. (b) Any officer or employee to whom this Act applies and who is entitled to no additional compensation under subsection (a) or sub- section (c) for a pay period, shall be paid for such pay period, in lieu of overtime compensation under section 2, additional compensa- tion at the rate of $300 per annum, unless his overtime compensation under section 2 for such pay period is at least equal to such additional compensation.
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